Dumbledore's Yellow Pages

What? I was sure they were actual, real spell books borrowed from the real Hogwarts. Sadly, the prop department had to make due with what they had on hand: old phone books rebound and distressed to look old.  The interview this is from is here, the book discovery happens towards the end.

Books In Film: The Anderson Tapes

Book adaptations are still one of the biggest sources of screenplay adaptations, so much that the Oscars have a special category for it. But, when's the last time that the book got billing above the star?

The Anderson Tapes appears to still be in print, at least according to Amazon, but there doesn't seem to be much interest in it; the book has three stars from Amazon reviewers, and they don't even have a picture of the cover up. The film, however, has a brand new DVD edition out just a couple months ago. In 1971, the book drove people to the theater; in 2008, it's Sean Connery.